Family BATHYLACONIDAE
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9 Mar 2016 - Douglass F. Hoese, Dianne J. Bray & Matthew M. Lockett
Introduction
A small family consisting of two genera, Bathylaco (not yet known from Australia) and Herwigia, with four species. One species is currently recorded from Australian waters, but their preferred habitat is poorly sampled and additional species are likely to be present (Sazonov & Williams, 2001). All species are circumglobal in tropical waters of the continental slopes, mostly at depths of over 1500 m. Although free swimming, most species appear to live close to the bottom. Maximum size is 40 cm.
The family Bathylaconidae is often treated as a subfamily of the Alepocephalidae (Nelson 1994), but we follow Johnson & Patterson (1996) and other recent authors (Nelson 2006, Wiley & Johnson 2010) in recognising the group as a distinct family. Poulsen et al. (2009) suggested that the family is not monophyletic. Nielsen & Larsen (1968) revised the family, and Sazonov & Williams (2001) discussed both genera and provided a key to all known species.
General References
Johnson, G.D. & Patterson, C. 1996. Relationships of lower euteleostean fishes. pp. 251-332 in Stiassny, M.L.J., Parenti, L.R. & Johnson, G.D. (eds). Interrelationships of Fishes. San Diego : Academic Press 496 pp. [312]
Nelson, J.S. 1994. Fishes of the World. New York : John Wiley & Sons 600 pp. [182]
Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 601 pp. [193]
Poulsen, J.Y., Møller, P.D.R., Lavoué, S., Knudsen, S.W., Nishida, M. & Miya, M. 2009. Higher and lower-level relationships of the deep-sea fish order Alepocephaliformes (Teleostei: Otocephala) inferred from whole mitogenome sequences. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 98: 923–936
Sazonov, Y.I. & Williams, A. 2001. A review of the alepocephalid fishes (Argentiniformes, Alepocephalidae) from the continental slope of Australia: Part I. Journal of Ichthyology 41(suppl. 1): 1-36 [7-10]
Wiley, E.O. & Johnson, G.D. 2010. A teleost classification based on monophyletic groups. pp. 123-182 in Nelson, J.S., Schultze, H.-P. & Wilson, M.V.H. Origin and Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Teleosts. München, Germany : Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil 480 pp. [141]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROTACANTHOPTERYGII | 23-May-2016 | ADDED | Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett |